Coopers Plains, NY
How exposed is Coopers Plains to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Coopers Plains at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 360 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coopers Plains at the 29th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Coopers Plains's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.1% of Coopers Plains's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 274 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Coopers Plains ranks
Within New York, Coopers Plains ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coopers Plains ranks 22,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,063 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 467 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coopers Plains
Coopers Plains's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 76.1% of Coopers Plains in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Coopers Plains's figures come from
Coopers Plains's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Coopers Plains's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.